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Synonyms for gull_ichthyaetus or Related words with gull_ichthyaetus
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leucophthalmus_sooty_gull_ichthyaetus
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white_winged_redstart
throated_robin_irania
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sarothrura_elegans_red
leucophthalmus
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family_sarothruridae
flufftails_order_gruiformes
melanotos_hartlaub_duck_pteronetta
africanus_rüppell_vulture_gyps
eyed_parakeet_psittacara
alnorum_willow_flycatcher_empidonax
notharchus
tailed_wheatear_oenanthe_leucopyga
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nettapus_auritus_african
chested_flufftail_sarothrura_rufa
senegal_lapwing_vanellus_lugubris
throated_redstart
savile_bustard
siberian_stonechat_saxicola_maurus
cinnyris_talatala
eyed_gull_ichthyaetus
virescens_alder_flycatcher_empidonax
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crowned_hornbill
backed_duck_thalassornis
ortygospiza_atricollis_african_silverbill
backed_vulture_gyps
tipped_dove_leptotila
aegyptiacus_spur_winged
vulture_neophron_percnopterus
gorgeted_flycatcher
bellied_woodpecker_dryocopus_javensis
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phoenicurus_erythrogaster
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crowned_pigeon_patagioenas
redstart_phoenicurus_ochruros_common
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Examples of "gull_ichthyaetus"
The Audouin's
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
audouinii") is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula. The genus name is from Ancient Greek "ikhthus", "fish", and "aetos", "eagle", and
The relict gull or Central Asian
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
relictus") is a medium-sized gull. It was believed to be an eastern race of the Mediterranean gull until 1971 and was traditionally placed in the genus "Larus".
The Mediterranean
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
melanocephalus") is a small gull. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus "Ichthyaetus" is from "ikhthus", "fish", and "aetos", "eagle", and the specific "melanocephalus" is from "melas", "black", and "-kephalos" "-headed".
The Pallas's gull or great black-headed
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
ichthyaetus") is a large gull. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus "Larus". The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. "Ichthyaetus" is from "ikhthus", "fish", and "aetos", "eagle".
The near-threatened bird species are: The ferruginous duck ("Aythya nyroca"), lesser flamingo ("Phoenicopterus minor"), Jouanin's petrel ("Bulweria fallax"), white-backed vulture ("Gyps africanus"), pallid harrier, ("Circus macrourus"), pallid harrier ("Circus macrourus"), Rueppell's griffon ("Gyps rueppellii"), red-footed falcon ("Falco vespertinus"), sooty falcon ("Falco concolor"), corn crake ("Crex crex"), Eurasian curlew ("Numenius arquata"), black-tailed godwit ("Limosa limosa"), white-eyed
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
leucophthalmus") and European roller ("Coracias garrulus")
The white-eyed
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
leucophthalmus") is a small gull which is endemic to the Red Sea. Its closest relative is the sooty gull. It is one of the world's rarest gulls, with a population of just 4,000 – 6,500 pairs. The species is classed as Near Threatened by the IUCN; human pressure and oil pollution are deemed the major threats. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus "Larus".
The sooty
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
hemprichii") is a species of gull in the family Laridae, also known as the Aden gull or Hemprich's gull. It is found in Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus "Larus". The sooty gull is named in honour of the German naturalist Wilhelm Hemprich who died in 1825 while on a scientific expedition to Egypt and the Middle East with his friend Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.
200 species of birds visit the wetland during winter season of which some of the well known species ("some are pictured in the gallery") are the cotton pygmy goose ("Nettapus coromandelianus"), tufted duck ("Aythya fuligula"), yellow-crowned woodpecker ("Dendrocopos mahrattensis"), yellow-eyed pigeon ("Columba eversmanni"), water cock ("Gallicrex cinerea"), Pallas's
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
ichthyaetus"), brown-headed gull ("Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus"), black-headed gull ("Chroicocephalus ridibundus"), yellow-footed gull ("Larus michahellis"), Indian skimmer ("Rynchops albicollis"), white-winged tern ("Chlidonias leucopterus"), white-rumped vulture ("Gyps bengalensis"), hen harrier ("Circus cyaneus"), Eurasian tree sparrow ("Passer montanus"), hawk (subfamily Accipitrinae), Eurasian hobby ("Falco subbuteo"), horned grebe ("Podiceps auritus"), black-necked grebe ("Podiceps nigricollis"), great crested grebe ("Podiceps cristatus"), white-browed fantail ("Rhipidura aureola"), brown shrike ("Lanius cristatus"), common woodshrike ("Tephrodornis pondicerianus"), white-tailed stonechat ("Saxicola leucurus"), white-crowned penduline tit ("Remiz coronatus"), rufous-vented prinia ("Prinia burnesii"), striated grassbird ("Megalurus palustris"), Cetti's warbler ("Cettia cetti"), sulphur-bellied warbler ("Phylloscopus griseolus") and diving duck.
This is the largest gull in the world, noticeably outsizing a herring gull ("Larus argentatus"). Only a few other gulls, including Pallas's
gull
("
Ichthyaetus
ichthyaetus") and glaucous gull ("Larus hyperboreus"), come close to matching this species' size. It is long with a wingspan and a body weight of . In a sample of 2009 adults from the North Atlantic, males were found to average and females were found to average . An exceptionally large glaucous gull was found to outweigh any known great black-backed gull, although usually that species is slightly smaller. The great black-backed gull is bulky and imposing in appearance with a large, powerful bill. The standard measurements are: the bill is , the wing chord is and the tarsus is .